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Meanings of lifejacket in English

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A device designed to help a wearer to keep his head above the surface of the water.

Usage of lifejacket in English
1
Mr Aonga urged everyone heading onto the rocks to wear a lifejacket.
Radio NZ
2
A paddle, lifejacket and kayak were earlier retrieved from the lake.
Radio NZ
3
Athena shook her head and helped a tearful woman slip into a lifejacket.
Book Two: Descent
4
Greece described its tourism revenue as its "lifejacket" during its debt crisis.
News.com.au
5
A coast guard spokesman said that the man had not been wearing a lifejacket.
The Irish Times
6
None of the 10 on board was wearing a lifejacket.
The Irish Times
7
SAILING:Putting on a lifejacket is one of the most important decisions a sailor will make.
The Irish Times
8
Every movement is awkward in my thick, yellow oilskins and firmly strapped bulky orange lifejacket.
The Irish Times
9
She was found lying face down in the water and her lifejacket was not inflated.
The Irish Times
10
He was not wearing a lifejacket, it said.
Radio NZ
11
Nope, we transitioned into talking about lifejacket safety.
Wired
12
She designed a bolero style lifejacket filled with kapok that could float 15 times its weight.
Radio NZ
13
Life after default: Malaysia's tips for Greece The Asian country shunned an IMF lifejacket in 1998.
Reuters
14
John O'Shea goes to bed in a lifejacket.
The Guardian
15
He helped her into a neon orange lifejacket.
Bulletproof bride
16
He stubs out a hand-rolled cigarette in an ashtray and grabs a lifejacket off the ground.
Reuters
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